Starting device for engines.



J. W. TUDOR.

STARTING DEVICE FOR ENGINES.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 13, 1908.

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STARTING DEVICE FOR ENGINES.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 13,.1908.

- Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

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UNITED sr T sPAIEnI; QFFI :romr WILLIAM TUDOR, or Bosron," 'MAssAoa-Userrs smmme DEVICE on ENGI-NEs.

ing Devices for Engines, of which the fol-j lowing i a specification;

"This invention relates .to starting devices for engines. One object of my invention-is toprovid'e astarting device for automobile or other en-. gineswherein'means is provided to store energy of the running engine for a fresh. start, by the simple manipulation of a lever in two directions, .the first movement of the leverproviding for the storage of the energy and v the second movement of-the lever providing again. after starting the engine,

' a device-of the natiire-stated,whose-parts.

for the startingof the motor by the aid of the stored energy, an'essential feature of the device residin in an automatic release oi. the device after storing the energy and Another object .of the. inyenti automobile or similar engines embodying such characteristics .thatit' may be'aopera tedto store energy for the purpose of cooperating withthe motorto start the latter;

"Another object resides in the provision of are so assembled into an aggroupment-uof coi- I operative elements that.. ,,..energy may be .1'srunn1ng,--for us e.

storiz'cl, While theimaohi to start "the. motor -of the machine after a stop vvithou't the; liabi'lity of breakage" of partszor aderangement thereofg- -f I A still further objectis,toprovide an enginellstarting device coin frismg'a longitudir' a' movable element having one'of-the ofi'era't e-eler'nentsof the device ."movable longitudinally tli'e'i eof automatically and independently "of the movement of; the first" In thedrawingsz -Figurel is a side ele- Speciflcation of Letters Patent. I 3 -Pat eflted 11) Application filed m 13, 1908." saw m; 432,64

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on is to pros 'v-ide ardevice particularly adapted :to start enclsiof eachnf. sail 9 arms 11 and 12 other obj ects in view,

vation, pa.rtly ;i plan view, w th th .up'pe ai' l'n' removed. Fig isa top plan removed. Fi 7 view on the 1inef'a ',-.0 .F;g. I Y detail view ofa modified formotme'ans 61; resisting "the sliding bearings, n the a ms andbar. j 65. Referring now he; accompanying dr 1g v z aeters 1 and 2indicatestandail 3 H. a l vp bu h r s eb y (I i-a rm 1i ingownwf'ai dly: iver portions each .pro, adapted toslidably I is preferably enlarged-,inte

as. at 7, the enlargementll; slidably "receivef thej whosejsicles p151. be indicatedflt 1Q slot 8and be u-ld d h hereinafter-stated -The--sliding b Whose otherpa .-lower arms. 1 ;1 an depending sup'poi enlarged; a's at: 14; I slidable; bearings 5 11 11. "aforesaid bearin V Axdrive-shaf tends: through t1 and? and supported'iii any sn therebeing:beveledieilittiingn} fi o o Connected at one endto the winding shait 21,"between the bar 6 and the arm 12 1s a power spring 27 whose opposite end is secured in any suitable manner'to the part 28 of the ar'oresaid de' ending member 13.-

' The vertical 'sha t 21 and its beveled gear. are disposed. normally intermediate the windin and unwinding gears 18 and 19, respective y, andthese two elements are caused to assume this intermediate. position automaticall regardless of whether the car 20 of the shaft 21 be in mesh with eit er. the winding or the unwinding gear. Therefore, assuming that the vertical shaft 21 and the gear '20 are in their normal intermediate p'0 'sition, and it is desired to wind the energy 5 ring; the bar 6 is moved longitudinally to t e left by throwing theoperating lever 25 to the left from itsnormal or full line posi tion (Fi 1), causin the gearf' 20 of the vertical'sha '21 to be t rown from its normal osition between the winding and unwind-- lnggears 18 and 19, respectivel ,Jinto mesh withthe winding gear 18, which atter, owing to the operation of the drive shaft, causes"- 27 to. wind u'ponthe'vertical shaft j the s ring 21. i v'h'en the'gear 20 and its shaft '21 are thus thrown, the pawl 29 on the slidable' bearin 9 is moved upon itsp'ivotbiy.

with t e freeend o the elon ate 'arm 30,

secured to .the upper end of 1e "standard 1 i inthe bracket 2 3,'so that as the springs? .is

being'w'ound, said. pawl may be moved out of engagement with the teeth of theratchet 31 ca'rried by said vertical shaft-21th ermit ofproper rotationjof the vertical sha said pawl and ra'tchet 'mechanismgpreventing ac-r cidental unwinding of 'thezpower spring when; the shaft 21 is in its normal position, thatis',v between the windingand unwindinggeara Aspring' 32- islassociatedwith -thepawl29 to hol the pawl.

control the same and thereby I nouns-11y; in engagement the ratchet 31 untilmoved upon its pivotfi'tiy said arm 3v0,

asstat'ed..v--j"-. k T-he winding. operation may take, place to store up energy in the spring 27 while the -mach1neis in motion, so that after a stop of themachime', theie'nergy spring maybe utilized to start the motor (not shown). Tov start-themotor, subsequent to the winding up of the ower spring, the lever 25' is thrown tot e right, (Fig. 1), causing the gear 20 to be thrown intomesh with .the un winding gear 19 on the drive shaft 17, re-

sulting in an unwinding of the spring 27 fee which acts to start themotor.

To effect the aforesaid automatic shifting ofthe vertical-shaft 21 and its gear 20 'toits normal-intermediate position, I provide the aforesaid slidahlebearings 9, 15 and 16'.

These bearings will" remain normally in their initial position; that is at the inner. end of their respective guide-slots, unless the energy spring be wound beyond a certain decontact gree of tension If the spring 27 is wound eyond its normal highest tension, the ar 20 on the vertical shaft 21 will be ued tion of the 'sprin 27 upon, the windin shaft 21 causinga sli mg movement of sai bearings, and by virtue of which the tension of the power s ring is released prior to its ing ispulled out of its normal position iii-its guide-way against the action of said spring pressed pawlsand the spring 40, the pawls bearings is eventually overcome. to" the extent of permitting. the slidable bearings to the vertical sha;ft *21 and the gear: 20-t'o'a; position intermediate the windingandung automatically out otfoperative relation with "tudinally mo abl name and withoutvany; attention; on the. part; of a the operator of the;

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I awl s 1 ikelyythat the 'energyspring would reach such a tension as to. cause the slidable; bears" ,ings to be-shitted to the extreme outer end of their guide-ways; ,Hfoweven'if by ,afpos sibilit the tension ofithe energy f spring shoul overcome the spring vpressed pawls and springs 40 to such an extent as'to'throw' mesh withthe vunwinding gear, the energy.

load of tension incident to the unwinding operation and prior to a complete unwind, ing thereohthe springs 40 would automatically shiftthe' vertical shaft 21 and its gear 20 to their normal intermediatejposition.

the motor, that is, when the gear 20 ofthe shaft 21 is thrown into ineshwith the .unwinding gear 19, by shifting the longitudinally movableframe, the slidable bearings virtue ofthe aforesaidpre'ssedi v3:3 and 34:;andthe springs 10;, it; isnot' llo automatically from engagement wit the. winding gear 18 incident tothe pulling ac- 7g reaching a 'reaking stress However, be- 5 spring tension must reach such at-point as t pa'wls 33 and 34 mounted'in t e soc ets35 outer ends, one inclined face 35 are longer than the other inclined faces, so

that when the correspond ng slidablelbear- 33 ofthe res ective'g'uide ways will resist movement o the corresponding slidablebearings; 1 This resistance byfthe slidable ,Z move longitudinally in their. guides'to shift ioo winding gears; Thus the gear ,20 is thrown the winding gear without'shifti-ngthe 1ongi= the gear 20 of the -'vertical shaft 21 into spring would be quickly relieved of its over- When tlieen'ergy spring is utilized to start will return to their normal positions without shifting the longitudinally movableframe so as to dispose the gear in its normal in termediate position automatically, although this automatic shifting ofthe gear 20 to its normal intermediate position out of engagement with the unwinding gear will not take place until the power spring has lost practically, if not all, of its tension, incident to its unwinding.

There is an enlongated arm 39 on the standard 2 whose free end is adapted to engagethe aforesaid pawl 29 if the bearing 9 reaches the outer end of its guide-way, or when the frame is shifted to throw the intermediategear into mesh with the unwinding gear, merely' for the purpose of throwing said pawl 29 away from the teeth of the ratchet 31 to obviate unnecessary wear upon the teeth of the ratchet. A bracket 41 secured to the bar 6 aids in supporting said arm 39.

In Fig. 6 I illustrate a modified form of means for controlling the movement of the slidable bearings, consisting in the pivoted pawls ll and 42 engaged by the spring 43 and eke-respectively, the latter pawls and springs being mounted in the sockets 45 of the 'guideways, as shown. This isan obvious *ariation of the form of spring pressed pawls, as compared to the first described spring pressed paw ls, and illustration other than that shown in Fig. 6 seemsentirely unnecessary.

Having thus described the invention, wha is claimed as new is r 1 .1. In an engine starting device, a drive shaft, spaced gears upon the drive shaft, a

slidable frame, a shaft carried'by the frame, a gear carried by the second mentioned shaft for interchangeable engagement with the aforesaid gears, and an energy spring having connection with the second mentioned shaft and the frame.

2. In an engine starting. device, a driveshaft, spaced gears upon the drive shaft, a

' slidable frame, a shaft carried by the frame,

a gear carried by the second mentioned shaft .for interchangeable engagement with the aforesaid gears, and an energy storing means havii 4. In anengine starting device, a drive shaft, spaced gears upon the drive shaft,.a

.-longitudiually slidable frame, a shaft car-; ried by the frame, a gear carried by the sec-f jg connection with the second mentioned 'sha'ftand the frame.

tween the latter,

0nd mentioned shaft for interchangeable engagement with the aforesaidgears when the frame is shifted.longitudinally, and an energy spring connected to the second men tioned shaft and the frame.

5. In anengine starting device, a drive shaft, spaced gears upon the drive shaft, a longitudinally slidableuframe, a shaft carried by the frame, a gear carried by the second mentioned shaft for interchangeable en gagement with the aforesaid gears when the frame is shifted longitudinally, an energy spring having connection with the second mentioned shaft and the frame, and means for shifting the frame longitudinally to throw the gear of the second mentioned shaft into mesh interchangeably with the gears of the drive shaft.

6. In an engine starting device, a drive shaft, spaced gears upon the drive shaft, a-- longitudinally slidable frame, a shaft'mounted in the frame, a gear at one end of the second mentioned shaft for .mesh interchangeablywith the aforesaid gears, and an energy spring having connection with the second mentioned shaft,

7. An engine starting device comprising standards, a frame mounted for sliding frame, and means constructed and arranged;

to shift the second mentioned shaft and its gear'automatically away from either of the; othergears. v 1; I, g 9. In an enginestart-ing device, a drive shaft, spaced gears on the drive shaft, a slidable frame, a shaft carried by the frzfine, a gear 'carriedby the second mentioned shaft for interchangeable engagement with the aforesaid gears, a spring having connection with the second mentioned shaft and'the frame, and means constructed and arrange to shift the second'mentioned shaft nude-its gear automatically away from eitherof the other gears to, an intermediate position 10. In an engine starting devicegia longi-. tudmally movable member, a drive shaft, a

second shaft mounted for an automatic shift-' ing longitudinally of said member in either. direction and independently of the movement of the member, and a gear mechanism between said shafts.

I a drive shaft, a frame, aspring having con 11. In a device of the character described,

nection with the frame, means movable in one dIIGClZIOII tocause. winding of said spring, means to effect, an automatic release of the winding means when the spring has reached acertain tens'ion, means whereby the sprin may be unwound when the first mentione I means is again moved, and means to effect an automatic release of the 11I1W1I1ding means when the I spring has been une Wound.

12.; In an energy storin device, a frame, a drive shaft, a shiftab e shaft, and an 15 energy storing spring having its ends fixedly mounted, one end mounted on the shiftable shaft wherehythe points of connection of -,-the springs are at variable distances apart incident to the shifting of the shiftable shaft;

20. ng devlce, means for o crating said device I to store the energy, sai device itself auto matically throwing said operating 'means I out of operation, means forresisting operawhereby the stored energy in said device 13. In a startingdevice, an energy stortion of the last mentioned means, means may be utilized, means. for automatically throwing said utilizing means out of opera: tion, andmeans for resisting operation of the last mentioned automatic means. I

14.,In'a starting device, an energy stor ing device, means for operating said device to store the energy, saiddevice itself throw:

I ,ing said operating ,means'outof operation,

g I erationj means for resisting operation of, the last mentioned means, means whereby the stored "ener for t rowing the utilizinggmeans out of op# and means I for resisting, operation in said device may be utilized, means last mentioned fmeans of the iftable, shaft; an energy effecting an automatic release 0 the winding means, means whereby the stored energy said spring-,may beutilized, and means for automatically throwing said utilizing means out of operation. 16. In a starting device, a frame, a drive shaft, a'shiftablerotatable shaft, an energy ."torin sprin havin one end fixed to said shifta l secured to the frame, an means operable to shift the shiftable shaft for "rotation thereof to wind the spring, said spring automaticall efi'ecting a release of thewinding means, t e points of connection of the with the frame and the centenlof winding at the point of connection with the shiftable e sha t with-its opposite end'fixedly spring v shaft .causin the ends of the sprin to assume 'variab e distances apart inci exit to the winding operation" and automatic'release of the winding operation.

17. Inastalting device, a slidahle frame, a drive shaft, a shaft revolubly mounted in' said frame, a gear connection between said shafts, aspring having connection with the "second shaft, means for shiftin said Iram'e and its shaft toeffect a win ing of said spring, said spring upon reachinga certain tension eii'ecting a release of the winding means, means for unwinding the spring, and

means for elfecting a release of the winding means.

18. 1h a starting'device, a frame, adrive shaft, a shiftable rotatable shaft, an energy storing sprin having one end fixed to said .shiftable shaft with its oppositeend fixedly secured to the frame, means operable to shift the shiftable shaft to wind the spring, said spring automatically effecting a release of the winding means, the points'of connection of the spring with the frame and the center of winding at the end connectediwith the shiftable shaft causing the ends of the spring to assume variable distances apart incident'to the windingoperation and the automatic release of the wlndmg operation, means whereby the stored energy 1n sald spring may be utilized, and means for auto matlca lly throwing sald utilizing means out I of ,operatlonh 19. In a starting device, a frame, a drive shaft, a'shiftable shaft, connections between the two shafts t oo efiect a turning of vthe fshiftable v shaft, an energy storing spring having one end fixedly secured to the shift able shaft with itsopposite end fixedly se-# 1 cured to the frame, means whereby the "shiftable shaft may be shifted manually,

and' means wherebythe shiftable shaft may r be shifted automatically, whereby the tension of the sprmg'mc d'cnt'to wlnding'causes one :end of the spring to assume variable distances from thepoint of resistance atthe opposite-end of-the spring incident to the fixed connection of said opposite end of the spring to the frame.

20. In-an energy storing device, a frame, a drive shaft, another shaft movably mounted, and an energy storing spring having connection at its ends with said frame and said second shaft, whereby the points ofconnection of the spring are at variable distances apart.

21. In a startingdevicc, a frame, a drive shaft, on energy-storing spring having its ends mounted at variable, distances apart, means forv winding the spring and pulling to the winding "operation to effect an automatic discontinuance of thcivinding oper-' ation, I

'22; In a starting device, a drive shaft, an

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the-ends thereof toward each other incident I operable to efiecta winding of the spring ,to

store the energy, means operable to effect an automatic release of the winding means and draw theends of the spring toward each other, means whereby the stored energy in said spring may be utilized, and means operable to automatically throw the utilizing means out of operation and again shift the ends of the spring away from each other, whereby the points-of connection of the spring assume various distances apart in the operation of the device.

23'. In a starting device, a drive shaft, an energy storing spring, means for fixedly securing the ends of the spring, connections between the s ring and the shaft, means operable to eflgct' a winding of the spring to store the energy, means operable to effect an automatic release of the winding means and draw the ends of the spring toward each other, means whereby the stored energy in said spring may be utilized, means operable to automatically throw the utilizing means out of operation and again shift the ends of the spring away from each other, whereby the points of connection of thespring assume various distances apart in the operation of the device, means for resisting said first movement. of the ends of the spring toward each other, and means for resisting the second movement of the ends of the spring away from each other.

242. In a starting device, an ener storing spring, means operable to effect a windin of the sprin to store the energy, one end 0 the s ring ing drawn toward the other end tliereof upon the sprin reaching a certain tension and thereby e ecting a release Y of the winding means.

25. In a starting device, a supporting frame, a drive shaft, a second shaft which is rotatable and also shiftable bodily, gears operable to connect said shafts to effect r0- 1 tation of the second shaft, an energy storing spring having one end fixed to the supporting frame and its opposite end fixed to said second shaft, and means whereby said second shaft may be shifted bodily t0 eflt'ect a connection with the drive shaft through the medium of said gears to wind the spring, said spring effecting an automatic release of the winding means and pulling'that end of the spring which is secured to said shiftable shaft toward the opposite end of the spring.

26. In a starting device, an energy storing spring, means operable to effect a windin of the sprin to store the energy, the ends 0 the spring eing drawn toward each other .upon the sprin reaching a certain tension and thereby e ecting an automatic release of the winding means.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN WILLIAM TUDOR,

Witnesses:

JOHN H. SIooEBs, GHARLO'I'I'E H. TUDOR, 

